She escaped by driving van through garage door, documents say

9:09 AM,
Nov. 20, 2013

Steven George He is charged with several felonies, including assault

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Stephen Herzog
SHERZOG@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Police say a Springfield man punched, choked and threw knives at a woman, cutting her hand at one point while trying to cut her neck and threatening to rape and kill her. They say she was able to flee when she drove a van through a partially opened garage door.

According to a probable cause statement, the woman told police George assaulted her throughout the night from Friday to Saturday - that he threw alcohol bottles at her, struck her in the face and pulled her hair with both his hands. ...